09-19-2013 06:47 AM - edited 03-01-2019 11:15 AM
I have a rather weired situation.
Service profile with boot from SAN
Associate with a B22-M3
Boot lun visible
Installing W2008 R2 SP1 on a boot lun (HDS storage) works perfekt
However, boot fails ! we see Windows starting, and then it starts loop, booting again and again
Associating this same Service Profile to a B200-M3 works, Boot from SAN is ok
Has this been seen ?
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02-11-2014 04:49 PM
Hey Wdey,
I just wanted to let you know that someone I worked with was running into the same issue and we found that what the problems problmes was related to the defect below.
Installation of windows 2008 R2 fails on UCS 2.1.3a BIOS
09-19-2013 07:51 AM
Walter,
Which adapters are you using in the B22 and B200?
Robert
09-19-2013 09:42 AM
Hi Robert
B22-M3 has a MLOM, B200-M3 has MLOM and VIC-1280
I have seen some issue, which could explain the issue: the memory Dimm's in the B22-M3 are not properly configured ! I have to investigate further and let you know.
Btw. I forgot to mention, that for the B22-M3, Windows actually blue screens, upon booting from the lun.
Cheers
Walter.
09-19-2013 10:03 AM
Yeah that BSOD could be a problem. I'd also remove the VIC 1280 from the B200 to ensure the VIFs aren't being instantiated on it. Compare Apples:Apples this way.
Looking forward to your update once the memory issue is sorted.
Rob
09-19-2013 10:10 AM
Hi Wdey,
Is the firmware on both the B22 and the B200 server the same? If not lets make sure that the servers are running the correct firmware.
Thank you
09-19-2013 10:14 AM
Hi Manuel
UCS domain run's at 2.1.3a
Firmware on both blades are at 2.1.3a as well
Walter.
09-19-2013 01:11 PM
I found the following Dimm alloaction on the B22-M3 32 GB configuration
Equipped Product Name: Cisco UCS B22 M3
Equipped PID: UCSB-B22-M3
Equipped VID: V01
Equipped Serial (SN): FCH163274X9
Slot Status: Equipped
Acknowledged Product Name: Cisco UCS B22 M3
Acknowledged PID: UCSB-B22-M3
Acknowledged VID: V01
Acknowledged Serial (SN): FCH163274X9
Acknowledged Memory (MB): 32768
Acknowledged Effective Memory (MB): 32768
Acknowledged Cores: 4
Acknowledged Adapters: 1
Bios:
Model: UCSB-B22-M3
Revision: 0
Serial:
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Motherboard:
Product Name: Cisco UCS B22 M3
PID: UCSB-B22-M3
VID: V01
Vendor: Cisco Systems Inc
Serial (SN): FCH163274X9
HW Revision: 0
Array 1:
DIMM Location Presence Overall Status Type Capacity (MB) Clock
---- ---------- ---------------- ------------------------ ------------ ------------- -----
1 B0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
2 B1 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
3 C0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
4 C1 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
5 D0 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
6 D1 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
7 F0 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
CPUs:
ID: 1
Presence: Equipped
Architecture: Xeon
Socket: CPU1
Cores: 4
Speed (GHz): 1.800000
Stepping: 7
Product Name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5-2403
PID: UCS-CPU-E5-2403
VID: 01
Vendor: Intel(R) Corporation
HW Revision: 0
ID: 2
Presence: Missing
Architecture: Unknown
Socket:
Cores: Unspecified
Speed (GHz): Unspecified
Stepping: Unspecified
Product Name:
PID:
VID:
Vendor:
HW Revision: 0
Is this correct ?
09-19-2013 02:14 PM
That does not seem right...
If he wants 32 GB of memory, he needs to configured it like:
B0 B1 C0 C1 D0 D1
4 4 4 4 8 8 <<<< DIMMs size
What he can do is to move the 16GB DIMMs and move them to D0-D1 and buy 4x 4GB to install them in B0-1/ & C0-1 to have 48GB DIMMs and take advantage of the DIMMs he already has
-Kenny
09-19-2013 10:47 PM
Thanks Keny ! This configuration is also running at 1600 Mhz (if Dimms and CPU support 1600 Mhz) ?
I have yet another question, of a 2 CPU, 8 x 16G Dimm (128GB) B22-M3, where discovery fails ! could this also be a memory configuration misconfiguration ?
Server 2/5:
Equipped Product Name: Cisco UCS B22 M3
Equipped PID: UCSB-B22-M3
Equipped VID: V01
Equipped Serial (SN): FCH16387E48
Slot Status: Equipped
Acknowledged Product Name: Cisco UCS B22 M3
Acknowledged PID: UCSB-B22-M3
Acknowledged VID: V01
Acknowledged Serial (SN): FCH16387E48
Acknowledged Memory (MB): 131072
Acknowledged Effective Memory (MB): 131072
Acknowledged Cores: 12
Acknowledged Adapters: 1
Bios:
Model: UCSB-B22-M3
Revision: 0
Serial:
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Motherboard:
Product Name: Cisco UCS B22 M3
PID: UCSB-B22-M3
VID: V01
Vendor: Cisco Systems Inc
Serial (SN): FCH16387E48
HW Revision: 0
Array 1:
DIMM Location Presence Overall Status Type Capacity (MB) Clock
---- ---------- ---------------- ------------------------ ------------ ------------- -----
1 B0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
2 B1 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
3 C0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
4 C1 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
5 D0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
6 D1 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
7 F0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
8 F1 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
9 G0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
10 G1 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
11 H0 Equipped Operable Ddr3 16384 1600
12 H1 Missing Removed Undisc Unknown Unknown
CPUs:
ID: 1
Presence: Equipped
Architecture: Xeon
Socket: CPU1
Cores: 6
Speed (GHz): 1.900000
Stepping: 7
Product Name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5-2420
PID: UCS-CPU-E5-2420
VID: 01
Vendor: Intel(R) Corporation
HW Revision: 0
ID: 2
Presence: Equipped
Architecture: Xeon
Socket: CPU2
Cores: 6
Speed (GHz): 1.900000
Stepping: 7
Product Name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5-2420
PID: UCS-CPU-E5-2420
VID: 01
Vendor: Intel(R) Corporation
HW Revision: 0
09-19-2013 10:56 PM
09-19-2013 11:21 PM
Keny, now I'm really confused.
If you look at the installation guide of B22-M3, table 2, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/hw/blade-servers/B22.pdf, it says B0, C0 !! which contradicts, whats in the B22-M3 Spec
Table 2: Preferred DIMM Population Order
DIMMs per CPU CPU 1 installed slots CPU 2 installed slots
1 B0 F0
2 B0, C0 F0, G0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
3 B0, C0, D0 F0, G0, H0
4 B0, C0, D0, B1 F0, G0, H0, F1
5 B0, C0, D0, B1, C1 F0, G0, H0, F1, G1
6 B0, C0, D0, B1, C1, D1 F0, G0, H0, F1, G1, H1
09-20-2013 08:40 AM
Walter,
I think the confusion here is the fact that both (the spec sheet and the installation guide) talk about either 1 DIMM per channel OR 2 DIMMs per channel. Your customer is doing both at the same time {EDIT: I am not saying that is wrong, I am saying that is the confusion you see when looking at both documents}
-Kenny
09-20-2013 10:30 AM
Hi Kenny et al
Just to summarize the inital problem, again, and highlight the discrepancy in different Cisco documents.
Customer ordered B22-M3 with one CPU and 2 x 16 G Dimm.
He then opens the blade, and compares the shipped configuration, which I assume is done like in the B22-M3 spec
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10280/b22m3_specsheet.pdf
Table 24 , namely D0, D1 (as Kenny said above)
customer then checks http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/hw/blade-servers/B22.html
Table 2, which says B0, C0
And changes B0, C0 to D0, D1, which might be wrong !!!!
Thanks for any clarification ! it's urgent
Thanks Walter.
09-20-2013 02:02 PM
Walter,
How much memory did your customer wanted to have installed in the server (as a total and not per CPU) ?
-Kenny
09-20-2013 02:20 PM
B22-M3 with one CPU and 32 GB; with 16Gb Dimm's
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